Material that acted as substitute? Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Material that acted as substitute? last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SATIN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SATIN Material that acted as substitute? (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 19, 2018
9% FILLIN Act as substitute (4,2) (6)
8% ALTERNATE Substitute (9) USA Today Sep 27, 2025
8% LIEU In __ of (substituting for) (4) Newsday Aug 5, 2025
7% SCRIP Cheese substitute? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 18, 2025
7% SEITAN Meat substitute (6) LA Times Daily Oct 5, 2025
7% SOYA Meat-substitute bean (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 23, 2025
7% CHICORY Coffee substitute (7) Eugene Sheffer Aug 7, 2025
6% NAB Catch in the act (3)
6% OVERSEE Act as supervisor (7) Thomas Joseph Oct 17, 2025

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